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Ido Schimmel 1f5d2fd1ca vxlan: Fix NPD in {arp,neigh}_reduce() when using nexthop objects
When the "proxy" option is enabled on a VXLAN device, the device will
suppress ARP requests and IPv6 Neighbor Solicitation messages if it is
able to reply on behalf of the remote host. That is, if a matching and
valid neighbor entry is configured on the VXLAN device whose MAC address
is not behind the "any" remote (0.0.0.0 / ::).

The code currently assumes that the FDB entry for the neighbor's MAC
address points to a valid remote destination, but this is incorrect if
the entry is associated with an FDB nexthop group. This can result in a
NPD [1][3] which can be reproduced using [2][4].

Fix by checking that the remote destination exists before dereferencing
it.

[1]
BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 0000000000000000
[...]
CPU: 4 UID: 0 PID: 365 Comm: arping Not tainted 6.17.0-rc2-virtme-g2a89cb21162c #2 PREEMPT(voluntary)
Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996), BIOS 1.17.0-4.fc41 04/01/2014
RIP: 0010:vxlan_xmit+0xb58/0x15f0
[...]
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 dev_hard_start_xmit+0x5d/0x1c0
 __dev_queue_xmit+0x246/0xfd0
 packet_sendmsg+0x113a/0x1850
 __sock_sendmsg+0x38/0x70
 __sys_sendto+0x126/0x180
 __x64_sys_sendto+0x24/0x30
 do_syscall_64+0xa4/0x260
 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x4b/0x53

[2]
 #!/bin/bash

 ip address add 192.0.2.1/32 dev lo

 ip nexthop add id 1 via 192.0.2.2 fdb
 ip nexthop add id 10 group 1 fdb

 ip link add name vx0 up type vxlan id 10010 local 192.0.2.1 dstport 4789 proxy

 ip neigh add 192.0.2.3 lladdr 00:11:22:33:44:55 nud perm dev vx0

 bridge fdb add 00:11:22:33:44:55 dev vx0 self static nhid 10

 arping -b -c 1 -s 192.0.2.1 -I vx0 192.0.2.3

[3]
BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 0000000000000000
[...]
CPU: 13 UID: 0 PID: 372 Comm: ndisc6 Not tainted 6.17.0-rc2-virtmne-g6ee90cb26014 #3 PREEMPT(voluntary)
Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1v996), BIOS 1.17.0-4.fc41 04/01/2x014
RIP: 0010:vxlan_xmit+0x803/0x1600
[...]
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 dev_hard_start_xmit+0x5d/0x1c0
 __dev_queue_xmit+0x246/0xfd0
 ip6_finish_output2+0x210/0x6c0
 ip6_finish_output+0x1af/0x2b0
 ip6_mr_output+0x92/0x3e0
 ip6_send_skb+0x30/0x90
 rawv6_sendmsg+0xe6e/0x12e0
 __sock_sendmsg+0x38/0x70
 __sys_sendto+0x126/0x180
 __x64_sys_sendto+0x24/0x30
 do_syscall_64+0xa4/0x260
 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x4b/0x53
RIP: 0033:0x7f383422ec77

[4]
 #!/bin/bash

 ip address add 2001:db8:1::1/128 dev lo

 ip nexthop add id 1 via 2001:db8:1::1 fdb
 ip nexthop add id 10 group 1 fdb

 ip link add name vx0 up type vxlan id 10010 local 2001:db8:1::1 dstport 4789 proxy

 ip neigh add 2001:db8:1::3 lladdr 00:11:22:33:44:55 nud perm dev vx0

 bridge fdb add 00:11:22:33:44:55 dev vx0 self static nhid 10

 ndisc6 -r 1 -s 2001:db8:1::1 -w 1 2001:db8:1::3 vx0

Fixes: 1274e1cc42 ("vxlan: ecmp support for mac fdb entries")
Reviewed-by: Petr Machata <petrm@nvidia.com>
Signed-off-by: Ido Schimmel <idosch@nvidia.com>
Reviewed-by: Nikolay Aleksandrov <razor@blackwall.org>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20250901065035.159644-3-idosch@nvidia.com
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
2025-09-02 16:57:00 -07:00
arch Revert "eth: remove the DLink/Sundance (ST201) driver" 2025-09-02 15:49:41 -07:00
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crypto Significant patch series in this pull request: 2025-08-03 16:23:09 -07:00
Documentation docs: remove obsolete description about threaded NAPI 2025-09-01 13:09:08 -07:00
drivers vxlan: Fix NPD in {arp,neigh}_reduce() when using nexthop objects 2025-09-02 16:57:00 -07:00
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